Slot Layer

List of All Protos

Here is a list of the most-used slot protos along with a short description:

newtTextView
For editing strings.

newtNumView
For editing real numbers.

newtLabelInputLine
For editing strings with a label attached (like labelInputLine).

newtROLabelInputLine
This is just like newtLabelInputLine, but is read-only.

newtLabelNumInputLine
For editing numbers with a label attached.

newtLabelDateInputLine
For editing dates in a labelInputLine.

newtCheckbox
Used with booleans to check and uncheck the checkbox.

newtStationeryView
This specifies that stationery should be used to display the target. At run time, the application determines which viewDef to use, and it is plugged into the place held by the newtStationeryView.


An online version of Programming for the Newton using Macintosh, 2nd ed. ©1996, 1994, Julie McKeehan and Neil Rhodes.

Last modified: 1 DEC 1996